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Blood ammonia level rise correlates with loss of coherence, but a causative link would require direct proof that consciousness arises from matter, and I suspec
by strogonoff 5y ago
Blood ammonia level rise correlates with loss of coherence, but a causative link would require direct proof that consciousness arises from matter, and I suspect there is no such proof (the responses in this thread supporting my suspicion).
The other, straightforward interpretation is that there may be a third factor that caused both the high ammonia marker and lack of coherence, and naturally that could be patient’s own consciousness and/or its interactions with other consciousnesses (e.g., alcohol abuse).
- Madmallard 5y agoSir there's dozens of different things that alter brain physiology with measurable results in alteration of consciousness. I just took a random example.
- netizen-936824 5y agoAh yes, but none of those things are the ~one true reason~ for consciousness! Ah ha gotcha! ignores how systems work together to produce emergent behaviors
- strogonoff 5y agoMy point is that both causal directions are a possibility, and scientific experiment does not seem to have proved one way over the other so far.